4 dark horses at the Australian Open: Women

In the first two days of the Australian Open, the tournament has already seen several major upsets, with a number of seeded players crashing out in their first round matches.In that vein, here are 4 female players who may not be expected to win but could still be title challengers:

#4 Madison Keys

Rising American tennis star Madison Keys is only 20 years old, but has already beaten multiple top-10 players. At the US Open last year, she completely dominated the higher-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska, defeating her 6-3, 6-2 as she went on to lose to Serena Williams.

She’d also tested Radwanska at Wimbledon that same year, with the Polish ace taken to a tiebreak and then proceeding to drop a set before her eventual win.

Keys managed to finish in the semi-finals of the Australian Open last year at only 19 years old, beating 4th- ranked Petra Kvitova in straight sets and taking apart an attack from Venus Williams.

At the semi-finals, she even managed to take Serena Williams to a first-set tiebreak before going down to the World No. 1, who was the eventual champion of the tournament.

Today, Keys dismantled her Kazakh opponent Zarina Diyas. After winning a first-set tiebreak, the American came back with full force to breadstick her opponent in the opponent, eventually taking a forceful 7-6, 6-1 victory.